New CSFG membership fees and structure!
CSFG now offers membership benefits to writers and creators of speculative fiction living outside of the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds, ie, in Outer Canberra. See here for details.
The Next anthology is out now!
Next was launched at the Conflux 9 convention on 26 April and can be purchased now! $24.95 plus postage. Pay by Paypal or Contact Us. And get a second CSFG book for half price when you purchase Next! See the CSFG Publishing page for more details and more special offers.
CSFG Member News (April 2013)
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren for winning... well, pretty much everything on offer: Through Splintered Walls won the Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards for Best Collection and "Sky" won the Ditmar for Best Novella and Australian Shadow for Best Long Fiction. To Nicole Murphy for launching her In Fabula-divino anthology at Conflux 9 [...]
CSFG at Conflux 9
UPDATED! Book Launch Friday 26 April, 6-7pm - launch of Next, edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous Dealer's Room From 1pm, Thursday 25 April - come see the special offers at the CSFG dealers table Workshops Thursday 25 April, 12-3pm - Writing using the five senses with Gillian Polack Friday 26 April, 8-10am [...]
Elevator Pitches and Pitching Sessions
by Chris Andrews (writing at fandelyon.com) With Conflux kicking off this Thursday, I thought a post about pitching to agents and editors was in order. Why? Other than having a good time and catching up with friends at Conflux, I’ll be moderating a panel on pitching (with two agents and [...]
Conflux 9 Book Specials
The following special offers on CSFG books will be available at Conflux 9: FREE copy of Encounters with any purchase upon presentation of the voucher from your con bag! Get Gastro for a dollar with every Conflux Cookbook! $21 for the pair. $44.95 for Elsewhere + The Outcast + Masques + Winds of Change (that's $64.75 [...]
Come to the launch of Next at Conflux 9!
6pm, Friday 26th April, Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra Janeen Webb (World Fantasy, Aurealis and Ditmar Award winner) Richard Harland (Golden Aurealis and Aurealis Award winner) Readings from emerging CSFG authors Leife Shallcross and Rik Lagarto Get your copy of Next signed by the contributors. Get a voucher for a HALF-PRICE [...]
In Fabula-divino – the launch!
CSFG member Nicole Murphy will be launching her anthology In Fabula-divino at Conflux 9: Take eight authors, work them like they’ve never been worked before and what do you get? Working for the devil, running from zombies, talking your way out of a throat slashing… The In Fabula-divino project – eight months of mentoring, [...]
On word frequency analysis and advanced procrastination for writers
by Ian McHugh (writing at Alan Baxter: Warrior Scribe) A few weeks ago, fellow CSFG member Phill Berrie wrote a post about word frequency analysis, a tool he uses in his work as an editor. In his post, Phill included a link to a free online word frequency analyser. Plug the text of [...]
The Value of the Sound Bite: Researching Historical Fiction
by Dr Gillian Polack (writing at Queensland Writers Centre) Some days, it’s hard to think in sound bites. We work at it. We make our pitch perfect; we communicate a digest form of our grand idea. The idea is, of course, to lure readers. As writers, we’re trained to summarise [...]